Ever had someone undervalue what you do? That’s exactly what happened today when a recruiter cold-contacted one of our team members on WhatsApp, treating him like just another replaceable part of the production line!
This mentality of developers as mere commodities, who can juggle multiple projects without a thought to their current commitments, is downright disrespectful and needs to change. The “try before you buy” approach and aggressive, intrusive methods of contact show a lack of understanding and appreciation for the work that developers do.
They are not interchangeable or expendable; they are the backbone of our tech-driven world, bringing ideas to life and shaping our future.
The way the industry should approach and view developers has to change. They deserve to be empowered, respected, and given the resources they need to make a real impact. It’s high time we put them at the center of our ecosystem and treat them with the dignity and respect they have earned.

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Well , I always feel proud to be a part of this community 😃 😎

This just shows how out of touch we are with the meaning and value of work. Yes. First and foremost, it’s how you pay the bills and put food on the table.
But it’s also how you create meaning, contribute, make friendships.
I’m the first to roll my eyes at the use of “family” when talking about work places, but loyalty is a thing. When you work with people over time, you hope to create it, both ways.
This approach is really everything that’s wrong about all these things. I wish it were one bad apple, but it’s clearly an environment that’s been created, and we need to make it stop. Developers are not a commodity.

Grinding the next contract to be done… not even waiting until the period is done and already trying to sell you to the next company.
And yet here we are wondering why developers are fluxuating so much, it’s the toxic economy that drives this bad behaviour.
Also leave my WhatsApp alone, it feels like such a privacy breach.